Everyone knew that Andy Murray was in a slump. He lost in the opening round of Indian Wells to Donald Young (Junior) and then lost in the opening round to Alex Bogomolov (Junior). In the pros, a win is a win. You don't care if Murray is slumping. Any win over a top pro is
There's the big four: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, and Murray. Then, there are the next two. Soderling and Ferrer. While their games aren't quite good enough to beat the top 4, they are good enough to beat pretty much everyone else. Soderling does his part supporting the two hometown tournaments. This one is played outdoors on
David Ferrer isn't number 6 in the world for nothing. He can play clay. He can play hard courts. One might argue his hard court results are better than his clay results. Mardy Fish was hoping to beat Ferrer as he did earlier in the year in Miami which he did relatively easily. It would
Andy Roddick had skipped some Davis Cup last year. Perhaps there was some antagonism with Patrick McEnroe that wasn't made public. In any case, Jim Courier was made captain, and Roddick came back to the fold. With Roddick and Fish both being in the top ten and both willing to play Davis Cup, it was
del Potro must know what Andy Roddick felt like when he faced Roger Federer in the finals of Wimbledon in 2009. Roddick had not been broken all day long, but at 14-15, he finally cracked and lost serve and with it, his best opportunity at winning a second Slam. del Potro has lost to Nadal
It's probably been a few years since Andy Roddick had a serious shot at winning a Slam. Roddick's always done well when he starts with a new coach, and then the relationship stales. It happened with Gilbert, Connors, even briefly with Patrick McEnroe, and Larry Stefanki. A few months after working with Stefanki, Roddick made
Sometimes a good head-to-head is all you need to feel good about your chances. Hewitt lead Soderling 3-1. However, 2 of the wins were in 2004 when Soderling was starting on tour and Hewitt was still closer to the top of his game. They didn't play again until 2009 when Hewitt won in Cincy in
Fognini must have channeled the spirit of Andy Murray. Perhaps it was a cramp, but it seems like it was a muscle pull. Whatever it was, late in the third set, Fognini was struck with something that impaired his movement. He went to the only strategy that's available if you want to keep playing. Go
It's just about halfway through the French Open. The men have completed the third round matches. The fourth round begins on Sunday. Let's see how all the seeds are doing. Rafael Nadal Rafa started off the tournament in a new situation: a five setter at Paris. He played nervous in the two tiebreaks he lost,
It's rare for this to happen. Roger Federer was scheduled to meet the winner of two wildcards. Normally, wildcards are ranked too low to get into the main draw. If this were Wimbledon, the wildcards could easily be ranked 300 or worse since UK has a dearth of quality players. However, France has a plethora
